GenTeal Tears, 10g recall — Alcon Research LLC (Class II)

Regulatory snapshot

Reason reported by FDA

Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Due to FDA inspection observations that it believes may impact product quality.

17 words from the enforcement report field reason_for_recall, reproduced without edit — the firm's own wording, not an assessment.

Product identifiers in this record

5 identifying values matched by exact pattern in the 22-word product description above; each is a literal substring of it.

Which configuration this record is

2 recall numbers share event 98815. They differ on package, ndc and product named and agree on everything else the source states, so those are the values to check a package against.

Shared across all 2 records under this event: strength 10g; form Gel; fda tier Class II; recalling firm Alcon Research LLC; the same reason text; initiated 2026-04-21; reported 2026-05-06.

Reading this record

Class II is the FDA's own severity tier for the recall action — 213 of the 250 indexed records carry it — and it describes the agency's assessment of the action, not a risk statement about any individual. A search on event 98815 returns all 2 of these recall numbers; a search on D-0492-2026 returns only this configuration. Match a package against 0065-8064-01 at the FDA source to confirm it is covered.

Namespace context: the Class II index (213 records) and the recall hub (250 records, 118 FDA events); Alcon Research LLC (2 indexed records) aggregates this firm across datasets.

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Coverage and limits of this record

This page reflects the openFDA enforcement report for D-0492-2026 as ingested on 2026-08-22, which can lag the live FDA record and omits detail held only in primary documents. It offers no clinical assessment, no advice about whether to use any product, and no substitute. For any health question consult a qualified healthcare professional.